GRIP Report no. 1: first 30 days post renewal
The GRIP renewal proposal was approved 21 votes to 2 on April 7. This note covers the period from April 7-May 7.
Opt-in Assistance & Value Measurement
GRIP assistance is provided now only to those who request it, as stipulated in the renewal proposal. Under this opt-in model, three “customers” came calling.
All (two) pre-proposal authors during the period under review sought GRIP help and both rated the assistance they got as “very helpful.”
The author of a draft proposal who bypassed the pre-proposal stage and went straight to proposal, also sought GRIP feedback.
Here are the details:
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@katerina, ops manager at Encode Club, asked GRIP to review her pre-proposal for a partnership that would see Pocket run bootcamp workshops on its tech. She dropped a link to a Google Doc with her pre-proposal in the #public-lobby of the Get a GRIP (GaG) Discord server and asked for GRIP to review it. I gave feedback via her Google Doc. She rated the assistance very helpful.
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@crabman reached out to GRIP for input on the Relay Driven Inflation (RDI) pre-proposal, and said that @RawthiL’s feedback was very helpful.
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@msa6867 specifically asked @shane and me for input on a reimbursement proposal. He made his request in the #public-lobby on the GaG Discord server. That much of the feedback (given in the #public-lobby) was incorporated into the proposal speaks to its utility. (Inferred) rating: helpful. (The DAO is not being billed for any work related to feedback by GRIP members on the proposal once it went live in the Forum).
Other Deliverables
A “GRIP Help” category was set up in the Forum Governance section. If you’re working on a proposal and want expert input, a visual aid or copy editing, this is the place to ask for it. Also, this is where authors should post the Google Doc links to pre-proposals and draft proposals for input by GRIP.
GRIP did not complete revisions to the PIP and PUP templates as none of our tech experts was available for this work during the period under review. GRIP expects to complete this work during month two.
One of the promised deliverables was to add info on GRIP to the Pocket docs section that covers proposals. This work, including necessary amendments to the existing section, will be done during month two.
Miscellaneous
New members: Although PEP-57 set out the steps whereby anyone can apply to join GRIP, no one did so during this period.
Confidential assistance: No one applied for private help from GRIP.
Live consultations: None requested.
Infographic work: None requested.
GRIP bill to DAO
GRIP’s bill totals $1893, or about 38% of its available $5000 monthly budget. GRIP work is compensated at a base rate of $100 per hour; $150 per hour is paid for assistance that authors deem “very helpful.”
Here is the breakdown with value assessment.
What | Details | Author Feedback Rating | Community Response | Billed to DAO |
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GRIP Help | Feedback on Encode Bootcamp pre-proposal | very helpful | ||
Feedback on msa reimbursement draft proposal | helpful | |||
Feedback on RDI pre-proposal | very helpful | 7 likes | ||
Revise PEP template | no feedback to date | |||
$825 | ||||
GRIP setup | GRIP Proposal Assistance infographic revisions | n/a | n/a | |
draft intro for GRIP Help category in Forum | n/a | n/a | ||
create Google Sheet for tracking expenses, work and community feedback | n/a | n/a | ||
devise template for monthly reporting on GRIP services and value assessment | n/a | n/a | ||
$550 | ||||
GRIP admin | Prepare and give March 8 presentation on initial 3-month trial (on “Office Hours”) | n/a | n/a | |
Draft report on first month of activity ending May 7 | n/a | n/a | ||
$400 | ||||
GRIP expenses | Adobe Illustrator subscription Jan-May 2023 | $118 | ||
TOTAL BILLED TO DAO | $1893 |
A small amount of the above work was done between February 22 and renewal approval on April 7; payment for that period is covered under the renewal proposal. As GRIP’s “infrastructure” gets progressively set up, set-up work can be expected to taper off moving forward.
Please let us know what you think. All comments are welcome.